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Wild West

noun

  1. the western frontier region of the U.S., before the establishment of stable government.



Wild West

noun

  1. the western US during its settlement, esp with reference to its frontier lawlessness

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Wild West1

An Americanism dating back to 1850–55
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"The deep sea cannot become the Wild West," UN Secretary General António Guterres said at the opening of the UN Oceans Conference in Nice, France.

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Season 2 follows the events of the game’s 2020 sequel, “The Last of Us II,” retraining its focus on empathy and our Wild West cinematic notions of justice.

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Marx Brothers, Wild West and SuperJew stagings are saved only by the music.

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Beatles singer Sir Paul McCartney, who also signed the letter, previously told the BBC there was a risk AI would create a "Wild West" in which artists' copyright was not properly protected.

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“It’s sad to see optimization in a space that was once the Wild West.”

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